The Mausoleum of King Wang Kon (877-943), the founder of Koryo, is located in Haeson-ri, Kaesong, in the southwestern part of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Koryo (918-1392) is the first united state in Korea, which added a distinctive page in the country’s history.
As a typical earthen tomb with stone chamber, which inherited the form of tombs from the period of Koguryo (277B.C.-A.D.668), the first feudal state in Korea, there are round it four stone tigers, stone altar, stone posts, statues of military and civil officers, memorial service hall, two pavilions, each preserving a monument, and gate. Standing beside the gate is a monument inscribed with President Kim Il Sung’s autograph, reading, Monument to Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of King Wang Kon, the Founder of Koryo.
The mausoleum was renovated in 1994.
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